Panathenaic Stadium

Renowned artist Pavlos Samios will present his ideas on how the Parthenon Marbles were painted by the ancients in a lecture titled "Re-envisioned: The Color and Design of the Parthenon Frieze." Hosted by the College Year in Athens at 7.30 p.m.

Greece's Sports Ministry is reportedly very close to a deal with the EuroLeague for a return of Europe's Final Four basketball tournament to Athens in 2020, with sources telling Kathimerini that "we are on a positive path."

The 36th Athens Authentic Marathon and its parallel runs will take place in the Greek capital on Sunday, with the participation of a record number of 55,000 runners from 106 countries.

Young athletes hold the Argentinean and Olympic flags during the lighting ceremony for the flame that will travel to the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics (October 1-6), at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens Tuesday. The ceremony was shorter than usual as a mark of respect for those who died in the wildfires near Athens.

Veteran German rock band the Scorpions performed to an audience of more than 40,000 people at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on Monday night, accompanied by the Athens State Orchestra. Self-professed Hellenophiles, the band's lead singer Klaus Meine at one point in the performance borrowed a Greek flag from a fan in the crowd and wrapped himself in it. [EPA]

Roads in central Athens will be gradually closed to traffic from 6 p.m. on Monday due to a concert by veteran German rock band the Scorpions at the Panathenaic Stadium, also known as the Kallimarmaro.

Affected roads includes Ardittou, Vassileos Constantinou, Vassilissis Olgas and side streets leading off them.

Veteran rockers the Scorpions bring their Crazy World Tour to Greece this summer. The legendary German band, which has a huge fan base in Greece, will play for the first time at the Panathenaic Stadium, the historic venue where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.

Skai TV's charity campaign Oloi Mazi Boroume ("Together We Can") will be presenting the benefit concert "Play Ttsitanis" at the Panathenaic Stadium on Tuesday, July 4, with all proceeds going toward vulnerable social groups. The concert is dedicated to Greek musician Vassilis Tsitsanis, one of the founders of the laiko and rebetiko genres.

German musician Klaus Meine, lead singer of rock band Scorpions, attends a press conference in Athens, Tuesday, ahead of their concert at the historic Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro in Athens on July 16. [EPA]

The Panathenaic Stadium, the venue of the first modern Olympics in 1896, in central Athens, received a record number of visitors in 2017, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) said on Thursday.

A total of 223,471 people, including 100,041 young pupils and students, visited the site, which is managed by HOC and is one of Athens's most popular tourist attractions and landmarks.